Rope holder



March 26, 1940. G. H. BEERS. 5R 2,194,967

- ROPE HOLDER Filed July 29, 1958 INVENTOR G eor ge 12KB e ers,Sr

AazzzrM- Patented Marl 26,1940 I 21943 11 RO mm e 7 George H; Beers; SrPittsburgh,l- Pa., assignor,-- W by. direct and mesne assignments,of-one-half,

1 to George .M.;Crawford-, Bo1ioiiglroffPitcairn,

Pa., one-fourth to GeorgeW. Jones, 'III,-oneeighth to'Jo'seph .T. Flynn;and one-eighthto PerryF. Flynn, an of Bittsburgh Pat; 7 Application July29, 1 93s; sis-amt. '3 Claims. '(oilzi-figni.

This invention'relates tc arope holder or anchoring device by meansofwhich a rope may be dead-ended o'r secure'dto a post or other objecttowhichit'isto be fastened without-requiring the tying of anyknots.

The device of the present invention may be employed forthe stringingofclothes lines and may also be designed for use in connection withropesof various sizes for numerous purposes where a rope has to be" suspendedbetween two or more anchorages. According to the present invention,there" is provide'da supporting structure or anchoring device havinga'stemportion with aneye therethrough. The-ropedn being f anchored is=looped. The loop is -passed through the eye and the loop-is theli'turned back over the eye and pullecltight. The loop in contracting aboutthe stem at the 'base of the eye draws tightly over the two stretches ofrope from which the loop is formed, firmly holding them from slipping.The operation of fastening the rope" to the anchoring device may thus bevery easily and quickly effected without the tying of any knots, and therope when so secured cannot slip- To release the rope it is onlynecessary to force the contracted loop back over the eye until the loopmay be drawn back through the eye and the rope thus fullydisengaged'from the holder. The invention may be readily understood byreference to the accompanying'drawing which illustrates one form of myinvention and in which, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the ropeholder in use for attaching 'a'rope such as a clothes line to a post; Is

Figure 2 is a planview of the holder shown in Figure 1; I I

Figure 3 is a perspective view of a rope holder embodying my inventionand showing the first step in fastening the rope to the holder. thisview the holder is of a slightly modified shape from that shown inFigures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 illustrating the final step infastening therope; and I Figure 5 is a perspective view similar toFigure 4 but showing the holder turned over.

In the drawing the holder shown in Figures 1 and 2 is essentially thesame asshown in Figures 3, 4, and 5, except in Figures 1 and 2 one endof reference numerals have been used throughout to designatecorresponding parts. I

The device comprises a supporting frame 2- having an end portion 3 whichmay he slipped zailbsr.

-.over aihook or which' lee otherwise secured to jthe-post orothermember to which, the rope is to be anchored; 'The'frame'l isprovided'with a Y tongue or. projection .4 having a stem portion 115;.andjanieyeportion.,6, the projections extending 11in a-idirecti'on awayfrom thepull of the rope. -The deviceis preferably formed fromia' pieceof heavy :stiii: ,wiregs'uch-as galvanized steel wire. .;This wireisfbentasshown in Figure 2 to provide a generally triangular framehaving leg portions zd divelging from rthelend '3 to the bas'eof theframe. fOne leg 2a is bent transversely inward as .indicated' at Zbandthen is further bent into loop-form. The two parallel por'tions Scand51) ofthe looped wire form. a part of the'stem 5."

prised of three parallel reaches of wire. These parallel reaches of wiremay be soldered or welded together as indicated by the shaded circles Iin the drawing. As thus formed from a single piece of wire, the devicecan be economically constructed, and by reason of'the three parallelreaches of wire in the stem ,5, the stem 5 will be relatively stiff andresistant to bending. I

In use the frame 2 may be secured to a hook, as for example; the hook Ain Figure 1, which hook is secured to atpo'st B to provide an anchoragefor the rope holder. that other forms of anchorage may be employed thanthe hook A. The rope to be stretched be-' tween the'post and anotherpoint ofjs uspension is formed into a loop C. This loop is pushedthrough the eye 6 as shownin Figure 3. The loop stemportion 5 of thetongue.

' about the stem crosses over theftwo portions of the rope from whichthe loop in the'ro'pe is made,

contracting upon these portions of the rope.

When pulled tight, the rope cannot slip and will be firmly anchored. To181685613118 rope, the loop C in Figure 51s merely forced forward overthe end of the eye until it is clear of the eye and then it willassume-the position shown in Figure 3, and the loop in the rope can bepulled out through the eye. Therope can be anchored in this wayadjacentthe .end of. the rope or the anchorage can be put at anysuitable point intermediate the ends of the rope." In other words,'theinvention does not require that the anchorage 30 Itwillbe understood bemade at the end of the piece of rope. In stringing a clothes line, forinstance, one end of the rope can be fastened as shown in Figure 1. Atan intermediate point in its length the clothes line can be looped inthe manner indi-' cated and thus fastened.

A clothes line or any other this device he very quickly and convenientlyan chored without the tying of any knots. :After a few trials, a personusing the device can become very adept at fastening the rope and havingit quite taut. When it is used as a clothes line holder, the device hasa further advantage in that if one stretch of mitted pastthe holder intoanother expanse of the line. The device can be cheaply manufaci .beembodied in various forms other than the one shown. The particular shapeillustrated is one which can be very conveniently bent from a singlelength of wire with a minimum amount of wire being required to form asturdy device. The particular shape, however, is not material other thanitisdesired that the projection 4 shall have a stem'li, the width ofwhich is less than the maximum diameter of the eye so that the loop asit is drawn tight will tend to go in the direction of the pull on therope and contract about the rope. Instead of being formed from wire, thedevice may be formed from a malleable casting or forged, or may bestamped rope to be fastened to a point of anchorage can through the useof the clothes 7 line breaks, I the slack created by the break cannotbetrans from a sheet metal, and various changes and modifications mayotherwise be made therein within the contemplation of the invention andunder the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A rope.holder comprising a rigid supporting frame having means at oneend for engaging an anchoring means to which the rope holder is to befixed, the other end of the frame having a projection thereon extendingtoward said first end in substantially the plane of the frame, saidprojection having a solid neck portion and having an enlarged eyeportion thereon at the outer end of the neck and through which a loop ofthe rope to be held may be passed.

2 Arope holder comprising a rigid wire frame in the form of a closedloop having a narrow portion at one end adapted-to engage an anchoringmeans to which the rope holder is to be fixed, there being an integrallyformed projection atthe other end of the loop extending toward saidnarrow portion in the plane of the loop, said projection comprisingportions of the wire shaped to providea closed neck with an enlarged eyeat the free end of the neck, said eye being of a diameter such that aloop of the rope to beheld may be passed therethrough.

- 3. A rope hold-er comprising a supporting frame in the form of'asubstantially triangular loop having a projection extending inwardlyforming a base of the triangle toward an apex thereof in substantiallythe plane of the loop, said projection having a solid stem portion withan enlarged terminal at the free end thereof, said terminal havinganopening therethrough providing an eye to receive a loop of the rope tobe held.

